While party officials are putting on a brave front and expressing confidence in their triumph, they are concerned that everything went according to plan. The tdp is said to have encountered severe difficulties in areas where its renegade candidates ran, owing to a split in pro-TDP support. These rebels are not ordinary leaders, but they wield tremendous power in their own areas.
Meesala Gita, a former mla from vizianagaram district, ran as a dissident candidate after being refused a ticket. Aditi Gajapathi Raju, the daughter of former Central minister and prominent politician Pusapati ashok Gajapati Raju, ran for office with the TDP.
Second, the local YSRCP candidate, Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy, is more powerful and approachable to the public than the tdp candidate. Even if he is up against anti-incumbency in the constituency, he may have benefitted since Gita hampered the TDP's chances.